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DIY Scientific Calculator Watch: Wrist Candy For Mega Nerds
If you thought the original calculator watch was nerdy, get a load of this DIY gem from designer David Jones. According to his website, the "uWatch" is the "world's most powerful programmable RPN/Algebraic scientific calculator watch." Unfortunately, the project site is still under construction, so a step-by-step tutorial has yet to be developed. However, there are a bunch of photos that should give you geniuses a basic idea on how to build one yourself. In the meantime, I'm going to up the ante and attach a watchband to my old TI-86. [uWatch via EMSL via MAKE]
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Casio Data Bank Watch, Geek Chic
After losing our Paul Frank calculator watch to our arch nemesis the washing machine, we've been searching the Earth (a few internet sites a handful of times a month) for a suitable replacement. Our latest contender is this metal link Casio Data Bank watch, a sort of upper middle class citizen of the retro calculator watch world. While we debate as to whether or not this geek badge is worth our $80, we'll turn away so you can shyly remove that calculator watch you've been wearing for the last 15 years...without the snarky, ironic intent. [product via retrotogo]
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Piano Calculator Makes for Musical Math
If math wasn't already annoying enough, this unique piano shaped calculator plays a tune with each key pressed. In the right hands, crunching numbers could become a tiny concerto. But in your hands, it will undoubtedly result in a swift and brutal retaliation by your fellow co-workers. Let's just hope Phillip Glass doesn't get wind of this. Available for 1000 Yen or around $9 [Product Page via TFTS]
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How much of a douche nozzle must you be to replace your standard belt buckle with one that doubles up as a calculator? Apparently, a market exists for such persons, as indicated by the Calculator Belt Buckle. Yes, for $10 you can do away with your dignity and simultaneously purchase a chrome calculator/belt buckle. If we did have this monstrosity wedged to our belt regions, we imagine ladies would stop us all the time, asking; "What the hell is that?" Which, coincidently, is the exact same reaction we get when whenever we take our pants off. Shocking. [Forever Geek]
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Calculator Belt Buckle Makes Us Chuckle
How much of a douche nozzle must you be to replace your standard belt buckle with one that doubles up as a calculator? Apparently, a market exists for such persons, as indicated by the Calculator Belt Buckle. Yes, for $10 you can do away with your dignity and simultaneously purchase a chrome calculator/belt buckle. If we did have this monstrosity wedged to our belt regions, we imagine ladies would stop us all the time, asking; "What the hell is that?" Which, coincidently, is the exact same reaction we get when whenever we take our pants off. Shocking. [Forever Geek]
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Takumi Calculator Features Computer Style Keypad and USB Connectivity
When it comes to pressing buttons, nothing beats the sweet tactile feedback a computer keyboard can provide. Now you can experience the same joy whist crunching numbers on the go. As you can see, the Takumi calculator features a computer style keypad, but it is also interesting to note that it can connect to your PC via USB and function as a traditional numerical keypad —which could be extremely useful to laptop owners. Available for around $46 [Product site via TFTS]
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Stanley Brings out a Pair of Watches, One of them Strange
Ah, Brando. The soft "ping" in my inbox that heralds yet another slice of pedestrian weirdness from everyone's favorite purveyor of odds 'n' sods. And today's offering was no different: a pair of watches from toolmaker Stanley. One sports a 16-position compass, but it's the other one that got me all excited—a calculator watch with 6" ruler. Full specs for both after the jump.
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ThinkGeek's Calculator Bot May Love You
When you are having difficulty with your arithmetic, would it not be great to have a small, robotic calculator at your beck and call? Thanks to ThinkGeek, now you can! More »
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We're not really sure what's going on with this chocolate calculator, or Chocolator, but we're pretty sure it's not edible. Well, probably more edible than the LG Chocolate, but less edible than say, an actual chocolate bar without electronics inside. Now I can do my taxes and make a big mess all at the same time. [AVING]
Chocolate Calculator Counts Calories
We're not really sure what's going on with this chocolate calculator, or Chocolator, but we're pretty sure it's not edible. Well, probably more edible than the LG Chocolate, but less edible than say, an actual chocolate bar without electronics inside. Now I can do my taxes and make a big mess all at the same time. [AVING]
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Yesterday we showed you a mouse with a keypad under its lid, but here's an idea for number-crunching road warriors that might be even better: a USB mouse with an integrated calculator. Just like that keypad mouse, this could useful for laptop users who don't have a keypad that's easily used. A major difference is that this calculator mouse is a real, shipping product, and that keypad mouse is just a design concept.
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USB Calculator Mouse Puts the Numbers Where You Need Them
Yesterday we showed you a mouse with a keypad under its lid, but here's an idea for number-crunching road warriors that might be even better: a USB mouse with an integrated calculator. Just like that keypad mouse, this could useful for laptop users who don't have a keypad that's easily used. A major difference is that this calculator mouse is a real, shipping product, and that keypad mouse is just a design concept.
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Is that a Braun ET44 in Your iPhone?
Does this 1970's Braun ET44 calculator look familiar? Well for you iPhone users it should, it seems to bear more than a striking resemblance to your calculator application, no? [Wired]
Does this 1970's Braun ET44 calculator look familiar? Well for you iPhone users it should, it seems to bear more than a striking resemblance to your calculator application, no? [Wired]
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Room Sized K'NEX Calculator
The best thing that I can remember making with K'NEX was a ferris wheel, and I followed a set of directions. However, a couple of engineering-crazed kids from Olin College have devised a gigantic K'NEX Binary calculator that can add or subtract numbers as high as 15 (That's way more impressive than it sounds). More »
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Chinese Mousepad Does It All...Badly
I have an old lousy mousepad made in China that has a lousy calculator on it that I thought was pretty ridiculous. I was wrong. This; this here is ridiculous. No, it's ricockulous. More »
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Jackie "The Joke Man" Martling's Own Line of Calculators
As if Jackie "The Joke Man" Martling hasn't sold out enough in the years subsequent to him being let go from the Howard Stern Show, he's now put his name and likeness on a series of household gadgets. More »
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Weird Combo of the Day: Free Calculator with Purchase of Socks
Meggghhaaannnn Marco of the Consumerist stumbled upon this weird combo at her local Meijer. Free calculator with purchase of 2 pairs of socks makes as much sense as free ice cream scooper with purchase of two boxer-briefs. Or free lawnmower with purchase of a used 1992 Honda Civic. More »
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Gizmodo is #1: We Gots the Juice, Baby
Just FYI, readers, those other techno-blogs might have smug arrogance and page after page of boring posts, but we've got the juice! In fact, Gizmodo is number one if you take a look at the Blog Juice Calculator, a tool that ranks each website according to number of RSS subscribers, Alexa rank, Technorati rank and number of links to the site. And there we are, up top with a 9.8 juice rating, Number One in the World. It's good to be the king. More »
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Nintendo Wii Cost? Calculate it Here
The $250-ish price of the Nintendo Wii gaming console sounds good, but that number reminds us of the $2 pizza syndrome. Oh, you want cheese on that? Pepperoni, sausage, tomato sauce? That'll be $29.95. Get the skinny on the Wii's real cost with the Nintendo Wii Calculator, a Web site configurator that helps you figure in essentials like the Wiimote, Nunchuks, Retro Controllers, and of course, a few $50 games. Hey, wait. What do you mean the Nintendo Wii costs $835? More »
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